Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-03
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THE NEWS EpIToMIzED.
Helena. Montana, had . $4,000 fire
yesterday.
"A large steamer is ashore near Sandy
Hook and cannot be reached.
The entire business portion OF
Mlnooka, Illinois. burned yesterday.
Tho female department Of the New
York industrial school at Rochester
burned yesterday. Loss $4,000.
The house committee on territories
yesterday fsvorably considered the bill
for the Organization Of the territory OF
Alaska.
A bold but unsuccessful attempt was
made Tuesday night BY ' masked
men to rob the safe in the Jersey City
postofice.
Judge Turpie was yesterday declared
by the president Of the Indiana legisls-
ture elected TO the Office Of United
States senator.
The preliminary examination Of
Henry Schwartz, charged with the Rock
Island train robbery and murder, began
yesterday at Morris, Illinois.
Bill Mccoy, the murderer, was cap.
tured at Chadron yesterday aud was
taken across the country to Cheyenne,
Wyo. in charge Of five officers.
Herbett, French ambassador to Ger
many, in y recent interview with Bis
marck, tried to reassnre the chancellor
regarding Gen. Boulanger's position and
intentions.
An attempt on the lie Of Judge Fitz-
gerald. Of the Cincinnati police court,
Tuesday night produced q profound
sensation. The Judge for Q long time
has Keen q terror to evil doers.
Hon. John ii. Reagan handed in his
reslgnation as member. of the house OF
representatives OF the fftieth. congress
yesterday morning. He will serve ont
his time in the forty-ninth congress-.
The upper house Of the Missouri leg.
islatnre has passed local option bill,
providing that the question OF prohibit
ton shall be submitted to a vote In any
county Of the state upon petition Of one
tenth Of its qualified voters.
a telephone suit involving the right to
erect and maintain long distance tele-
phone wires between New York, Phila-
dslphia and various large cities was
begun in the Uuited States circnit
court at Philadelphis yesterday.
About fifty striking lonashoremen as
saulted q crowd Of non-union me on
Hudson street, Hoboken, about s o'clock
yesterdsy morning with stones and
clubs, clubbing them numerically.
The strikers have not been arrested.
The streets along the river fronts az
MeW York yesEe.day morning gnresentad
q S1nday-li ke. appearances. Instead Of
the daily rush Of vehicles of all kinds
there we're only . few trucks and horse
oars to be seen here! and there. A ma
iority Of the big railroad freight-receiv-
ing and delivery piers were closed and
work almost suspended.
Tho London stock exchange markets
are sensitive and nervous. They opened
very fiat yesterday, bnt q better feeling
set In on q rumor that Gen. Boulanger,
minister Of wal. had resigned. Prices
fell later on reports Of lower prices on
the Berlin bourse. They have since
become firmef on dispatches from Paris
reporting D steadier market there.
United States Treasurer q. N. Jordan
ID In Philadelphia yesterday and held
q conference with Samuel R.. Shippiey,
GeorgssTyie Ter and others relative to Che
allotment of stock in Philadelphia OF the
Western National bank to begin bnsi-
ness in New York. May /. II is stated
definitely that Secretary Manning will
be the president and that Jordan is TO be
cashier.
District assembly "a, knights Of lsber.
Chicago. yesterday resolved to indorse
the action Ok the joint executive com.
mittee Of the three district assemblies
OF that CITY IN ~boycotting Armour & Co.
nna php XVI ASCdA butCuokb Auu 8EOG6In
who are buying goods from that Arm.
The meeting decided that'these firma be
notified BY q special committee that
they will be ~boyeotted II they continue
to handle Armour's products.
One hundred and twenty OF the LAC
CLERKS on duty at the Office OF the chlei
signal officer have signed petition te
congress in which they express the opin'
ion that the best interests OF the govern
mont would be subHer7ed by transferring
the signal corps of the army toa new
executive department. contemplated in
house bill No. $500, and also urge that
they be made civilians instead OF enlist,
ed mem as at present.
DAKOTA CONVERSATIONS.
White Lake wants to be incorporated
Farmers around Eairbapk are LOSING